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Archive Home > 2001 > August > 09 > Area’s forests still face severe wildfire risk

Area’s forests still face severe wildfire risk

Agencies are ready to reduce forest fuels when weather is safe

By John Cramer / The Bulletin
August 9, 2001

Central Oregon's forests remain at high risk for severe wildfires, but public land managers said they are reducing the threat of a catastrophic fire in the region's woodlands, grasslands and forested neighborhoods.

U.S. Sen. Gordon Smith, R-Ore., who was scheduled to receive a briefing late this....

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